#LoneStarLit Bloggers’ Choice Awards Winners!

Posted December 31, 2021 by Lynn in Blog Tours / 1 Comment

 

CONGRATULATIONS

TO THE 2020 LSBBT

BLOGGERS’ CHOICE AWARDS

WINNERS & FINALISTS! 

Because it’s better late than never!

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THE PERFECT FIVE AWARD   MOST ENGAGED AUTHOR   BEST COVER

MOST CREATIVE PREMISE / BEST HOOK  BEST SERIES   BEST NONFICTION 

BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS   BEST ROMANCE

BEST CHRISTIAN / INSPIRATIONAL / SPIRITUAL   BEST HISTORICAL FICTION

BEST MYSTERY / SUSPENSE / THRILLER   BEST HUMOR

BEST PARANORMAL / FANTASY / MAGICAL REALISM

BEST WESTERN   BEST LITERARY FICTION   BEST TEXAS BOOK

THE PERFECT FIVE AWARD

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These eleven of the sixty-five titles reviewed by Lone Star Lit’s Blogger Team in 2020 were awarded a perfect five stars by every reviewer on tour.

  

  

  

                

Rio Ruidoso by Preston Lewis, Blue Skies by Anne Bustard, Execution in E by Alexia Gordon, Destiny’s Way by Ben English, Full Circle by Pamela Lombana, Gates of Mars by Kathleen McFall and Clark Hays, *Nacho’s Nachos by Sandra Nickel, The Edge of Belonging by Amanda Cox, A Dog’s Day: I Am Jax by Catherine Stier, The Diary of Asser Levy by Daniela Weil, *The Kissing Tree by Karen Witemeyer, Regina Jennings, Amanda Dykes, and Nicole Deese

* Most tours include five to seven reviews; Nacho’s Nachos had eight and The Kissing Tree had ten.

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MOST ENGAGED AUTHOR

 

 DiAnn Mills  

WINNER: Tui Snider

RUNNERS-UP: TIE: Linda Broday & Marlene Bell

HONORABLE MENTION: 

Stephanie Raffelock, DiAnn Mills, Preston Lewis

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BEST COVER

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WINNERS: TIE:

Thank You, Garden by Liz Scanlon

Yeah, But I Didn’t by Ann Swann

RUNNERS-UP: TIE:

For Spacious Skies by Nancy Churnin

Enemies of Doves by Shanessa Gluhm

HONORABLE MENTION: Gates of Mars by Kathleen McFall and Clark Hays; The Caretakers by Eliza Maxwell

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BEST SERIES

 

WINNER: The Gethsamane Brown Mysteries series by Alexia Gordon

RUNNER-UP:  A Dog’s Day series by Catherine Stier

HONORABLE MENTION: 

Conquest of the Veil series by Michael Scott Clifton; Sulfer Gap series by Dana Glossbrenner; The Sisters, Texas series by Becki Willis; The Annalisse Series by Marlene M. Bell; American Wonders Collection by Regina Scott; The H.H. Lomax Western series by Preston Lewis; The Talia Inger series by James R. Hannibal

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MOST CREATIVE PREMISE / BEST HOOK

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WINNER: 6 Feet Under Texas by Tui Snider

RUNNER-UP: Gates of Mars by Kathleen McFall and Clark Hays

HONORABLE MENTION: Airborne by DiAnn MillsStorms of Malhado by Maria Elena Sandovici; The First Emma by Camille DiMaio

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BEST NONFICTION

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WINNER: 6 Feet Under Texas by Tui Snider

RUNNERS-UP: TIE

A Delightful Little Book on Aging by Stephanie Raffelock

Full Circle by Pamela Lombana

HONORABLE MENTION:

Postcards from Lonnie by Lisa Johnson; Nacho’s Nachos by Sandra Nickel; Landing in My Present by Mary Clark; The Gulag P-Pa Diaries by Preston Lewis

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BEST BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS

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WINNER: Finding Esme by Suzanne Crowley

RUNNER-UP:  TIE

Nacho’s Nachos by Sandra Nickel; Blue Skies by Anne Bustard

HONORABLE MENTION: 

Araceli’s Path by Marion Surles; Edison Jones and the Anti-Grav Elevator by Michael Scott Clifton; Cleo Can Tie a Bow by Sybrina Durant

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BEST ROMANCE

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WINNER: 

The Kissing Tree by Karen Witemeyer, Regina Jennings, Amanda Dykes, and Nicole Deese

RUNNER-UP: TIE:

Breakfast at the Honey Creek Cafe by Jodi Thomas

The Secret of You and Me by Melissa Lenhardt

HONORABLE MENTION: Once Upon a Mail Order Bride by Linda Broday; The Love Note by Joanna Davidson Politano; The Key to Everything by Valerie Fraser Luesse

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BEST CHRISTIAN / INSPIRATIONAL / SPIRITUAL

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WINNERS: TIE:

The Edge of Belonging by Amanda Cox

Out of the Embers by Amanda Cabot

RUNNER-UP:  A Delightful Little Book on Aging by Stephanie Raffelock

HONORABLE MENTION:  All In by L.K. Simonds; A Firm Place to Stand by Lori Altebaumer, Road to Hope by Dena Jansen; Something Worth Doing by Jane Kirkpatrick; Nothing Short of Wondrous by Regina Scott

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BEST HISTORICAL FICTION

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WINNERS: TIE:

All Things Left Wild by James Wade

Blue Skies by Anne Bustard

RUNNERS-UP: TIE:

Storms of Malhado by Maria Elena Sandovici

The Diary of Asser Levy by Daniela Weil

HONORABLE MENTION: Destiny’s Way by Ben English; The Black Midnight by Kathleen Y’Barbo; The First Emma by Camille DiMaio; What Momma Left Behind by Cindy Sproles; Something Worth Doing by Jane Kirkpatrick

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BEST MYSTERY / SUSPENSE / THRILLER

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WINNERS: TIE:

The Caretakers by Eliza Maxwell

Execution in E by Alexa Gordon

RUNNER-UP: TIE:

Collision of Lies by Tom Threadgill

Ain’t Nobody Nobody by Heather Harper Ellett

HONORABLE MENTION: Airborne by DiAnn Mills; Chasing the White Lion by James R. Hannibal; Coded for Murder by Dianne Smithwick-Braden; Enemies of Doves by Shanessa Gluhm; Spent Identity by Marlene M. Bell; Strong from the Heart by Jon Land; The Black Midnight by Kathleen Y’Barbo; A Firm Place to Stand by Lori Altebaumer

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BEST PARANORMAL / FANTASY / MAGICAL REALISM

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WINNER: Execution in E by Alexia Gordon

RUNNER-UP: Finding Esme by Suzanne Crowley

HONORABLE MENTION: Escape from Wheel by Michael Scott Clifton

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BEST HUMOR

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WINNER: Ain’t Nobody Nobody by Heather Harper Ellett

RUNNERS-UP: TIE:

The Square Root of Texas by Rob Witherspoon

The Gulag P-Pa Diaries by Preston Lewis

HONORABLE MENTION: The Republic of Jack by Jeffrey Kerr; Covey and Jay Jay Get Educated by Shelton Williams; North to Alaska by Preston Lewis

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BEST WESTERN

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WINNERS: TIE:

The Outlaw’s Daughter by Margaret Brownley

All Things Left Wild by James Wade

RUNNERS-UP: TIE:

Slanted Light by Teddy Jones

Rio Ruidoso by Preston Lewis

HONORABLE MENTION:  Once Upon a Mail Order Bride by Linda Broday; The Mail Order Bride’s Secret by Linda Broday

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BEST LITERARY FICTION

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WINNER: The Edge of Belonging by Amanda Cox

RUNNER-UP: All Things Left Wild by James Wade

HONORABLE MENTION: Violence, Joy, Chaos by Jane Fleming; Slanted Light by Teddy Jones; The Secret of You and Me by Melissa Lenhardt; Low Water Crossing by Dana Glossbrenner; The Key to Everything by Valerie Fraser Luesse

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BEST TEXAS BOOK

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WINNER: 6 Feet Under Texas by Tui Snider

RUNNER-UP: The Square Root of Texas by Rob Witherspoon

HONORABLE MENTION: Storms of Malhado by Maria Elena Sandovici; Breakfast at the Honey Creek Cafe by Jodi Thomas; The Republic of Jack by Jeffrey Kerr; The Mail Order Bride’s Secret by Linda Broday

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THANKS FOR JOINING US! 



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Posted December 31, 2021 by Lynn in Blog Tours / 1 Comment

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